أراها غدا هل أراها غداً

أراها غدا هل أراها غداً

وأنسى النوى, أم يحولُ الردى

وأنسى النوى, أم يحولُ الردى

I shall see her tomorrow—shall I see her tomorrow?

Will I see her tomorrow, and forget my sorrow?

Shall I see her tomorrow? Will I see her tomorrow?

And forget separation—or will death stand in the way?

Or will fate keep us apart, and break my heart?

And forget the separation, or will death intervene?

فؤادي, وهل في ضلوعي فؤاد

فؤادي, وهل في ضلوعي فؤاد

لقد كدتُ أنساه لولا الصدى

لقد كدتُ أنساه لولا الصدى

My heart—and is there a heart within my ribs?

My heart - if it still beats within my chest -

My heart—is there still a heart within my ribs?

I had almost forgotten it, but for the echo.

I had nearly forgotten it, if not for your echo.

I had nearly forgotten it, were it not for its echo.

كأني به خاذلي إن تمر

كأني به خاذلي إن تمر

على بعد ما بيننا من مدى

على بعد ما بيننا من مدى

I imagine it failing me should she pass,

It would betray me if it passed by,

It feels as if it would betray me if she passed,

Despite the distance that lies between us.

across the great distance that separates you and I.

Despite the vast distance that lies between us.

مشى العمر ما بيننا فاصلا

مشى العمر ما بيننا فاصلا

فمن لي بأن اسبق الموعدا

فمن لي بأن اسبق الموعدا

Life has walked between us, keeping us apart.

Life has driven a wedge between us,

A lifetime has walked between us as a divide;

Who, then, can help me outstrip the appointed hour?

so who can help me be early to our tryst?

So how can I race ahead of the appointed time?

ومن لي بطي السنين الطوال

ومن لي بطي السنين الطوال

ستمضي دموعي وحبي سدى

ستمضي دموعي وحبي سدى

And who can help me fold away the long years?

Who can help me reclaim the long years flown?

And who can help me fold away the long years?

My tears and my love will pass in vain.

My tears and my love will have been in vain.

Else my tears and my love will pass in vain.

أراها فأذكر إني القريب

أراها فأذكر إني القريب

وأنسى الفتى الشارد المبعدا

وأنسى الفتى الشارد المبعدا

I see her and remember that I am close to her,

I see her and recall I had been near,

I see her, and remember that I am near,

And forget the wandering, banished youth.

and forget I was the wandering exile, in fear.

And forget the wandering, banished youth.

أراها فأنفض عنها السنين

أراها فأنفض عنها السنين

كما تنفض الريح برَدْ الندى

كما تنفض الريح برَدْ الندى

I see her and shake the years off her,

I see her and shake off the years between,

I see her, and I shake the years from her,

As the wind shakes off the hail of dew.

as the breeze shakes the dew off leaves of green.

Just as the wind shakes off the cold dew.

فتغدو وعمري أو عمرها

فتغدو وعمري أو عمرها

ويستوقف المولد المولدا

ويستوقف المولد المولدا

Then she becomes my age—or I become hers—

She comes as my youth returns anew,

So she transforms, and my age becomes hers,

And one birth holds back the other.

each birth relived as life begins for two.

And one birth halts the other in its tracks.

أغض إذا ما بدت ناظري

أغض إذا ما بدت ناظري

فهيهات تلعم كم سهدا

فهيهات تلعم كم سهدا

Whenever she appears, I lower my gaze.

I lower my eyes when she appears,

I lower my gaze whenever she appears;

So she will never know how long I have lain awake.

but alas! They have seen more than they should.

Alas, she will never know how long it has kept vigil.

ولو أنها نبئت بالغرام

ولو أنها نبئت بالغرام

غرامي, لقربت المنشدا

غرامي, لقربت المنشدا

And if she were told of love—

If she knew of my passion, my great admiration-

And were she told of the passion—

My love—she would draw the singer close,

she would heed the call of my declaration.

My passion—she would have drawn the singer near,

وقالت أيُعصى نداء المحب

وقالت أيُعصى نداء المحب

حَرِمْتُ الهوى إن عصَيتُ الندا

حَرِمْتُ الهوى إن عصَيتُ الندا

And say, “Can a lover's call be disobeyed?

She would say, "Can a lover's voice be denied?

And said: "Can the call of a lover be disobeyed?

May I be denied love if I disobey the call!”

I am forbidden, if I make your love lie."

I would be denied love, had I refused the call."

سأنسى الجراحات والأمنيات

سأنسى الجراحات والأمنيات

سوى أن عيني تراها غدا

سوى أن عيني تراها غدا

I shall forget the wounds and the wishes,

I will forget the sorrows and dreams of old,

I shall forget the wounds and the wishes,

Save that my eye will see her tomorrow.

except that tomorrow, I will her behold.

Save for the hope that my eyes will see her tomorrow.